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The Moon on Friday, March 23, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on March 23, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 March 1956369,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 23, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
369,677 km229,707 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 12, 1956 at 13:37 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, March 19, 195617:14
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 26, 195613:11

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Friday, March 23, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1956 to the new moon of April 11, 1956, a cycle of 29.54 days.